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<span class=large>JOEL</span>
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CHAPTER 2
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War and desolation precede the Second Coming—The sun and the moon shall be darkened—The Lord will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh—There will be dreams and visions.
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Blow</span> ye the <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/1a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB shofar, or ram’s horn.">trumpet</a> in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Joel 3: 17; 2 Ne. 12: 3 (2-4); 2 Ne. 30: 15 (12-18).">mountain</a>: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/1c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Day of the Lord.">day</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> cometh, for <i>it is</i> nigh at hand;
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A day of <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 34: 12 (11-19); Amos 5: 18 (18-20).">darkness</a> and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, <i>even</i> to the years of many generations.
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A fire <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 29: 21.">devoureth</a> before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land <i>is</i> as the garden of <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Eden.">Eden</a> before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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The appearance of them <i>is</i> as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
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Like the <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 9: 9.">noise</a> of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 15 (15, 23); 2 Ne. 15: 24; 2 Ne. 26: 6 (4, 6); D&C 64: 24 (23-24); D&C 133: 64.">stubble</a>, as a strong people set in battle array.
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Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/6a" mark="a" type="E" title="Heb. idiom meaning ‘gloom.’; Jer. 8: 21; Nahum 2: 10.">blackness</a>.
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They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
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Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and <i>when</i> they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
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They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Earth, Destiny of.">earth</a> shall quake before them; the heavens shall <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 43: 18; D&C 84: 118.">tremble</a>: the <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 29: 14; D&C 45: 42; D&C 88: 87; D&C 133: 49; JS-M 1: 33.">sun</a> and the moon shall be <sup>d</sup><a href="joel/2/10d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 13: 10; Ezek. 32: 7; Matt. 24: 29.">dark</a>, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall utter his <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 35: 21; D&C 43: 18 (17-25); D&C 88: 90; D&C 133: 50 (50-52).">voice</a> before his army: for his camp <i>is</i> very great: for <i>he is</i> strong that executeth his word: for the <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 30: 7.">day</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 34: 8.">great</a> and very terrible; and who can <sup>d</sup><a href="joel/2/11d" mark="d" type="A" title="Mal. 3: 2.">abide</a> it?
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&#182; Therefore also now, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/12a" mark="a" type="C" title="2 Chr. 30: 6 (2-27); TG Conversion.">turn</a> ye <i>even</i> to me with all your <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Commitment.">heart</a>, and with <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/12c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Fasting.">fasting</a>, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 9: 20; D&C 64: 34.">rend</a> your heart, and not your garments, <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/13b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Joel 2: 13  . . .  and repent, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he will turn away the evil from you.">and</a> turn unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God: for he <i>is</i> gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Kindness.">kindness</a>, and <sup>d</sup><a href="joel/2/13d" mark="d" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 6; 1 Sam. 15: 11; 2 Sam. 24: 16; Ps. 135: 14.">repenteth</a> him of the evil.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/14a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Joel 2: 14 Therefore repent, and who knoweth but he will return and leave a blessing behind him; that you may offer a meat offering  . . .">Who</a> knoweth <i>if</i> he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; <i>even</i> a meat offering and a drink offering unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God?
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&#182; Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Solemn Assembly.">solemn</a> assembly:
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Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/16a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB wedding canopy.">closet</a>.
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Let the priests, the ministers of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 22: 12; 2 Cor. 7: 10; James 4: 9 (8-10).">weep</a> between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 33: 13.">people</a>, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and give not thine heritage to <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/17c" mark="c" type="C" title="Jer. 24: 9; 1 Ne. 19: 14; 3 Ne. 16: 9 (8-9); TG Reproach.">reproach</a>, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where <i>is</i> their God?
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&#182; Then will the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/18a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB zealous; Zech. 1: 14; 3 Ne. 20: 46 (29-36, 46); Ether 13: 5 (5, 11).">jealous</a> for his land, and <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/18b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR have compassion on.">pity</a> his people.
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Yea, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
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But I will <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 39: 3 (2-5).">remove</a> far off from you the northern <i>army,</i> and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 47: 18.">east</a> sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/20c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 34: 3.">stink</a> shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
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&#182; Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will do great things.
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Be not afraid, ye <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 1: 20.">beasts</a> of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
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Be glad then, ye children of <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 149: 2; D&C 84: 56.">Zion</a>, and rejoice in the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 26: 4 (3-4).">rain</a>, the former rain, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 11: 14; Zech. 10: 1.">latter</a> rain in the first <i>month.</i>
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And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/24a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR vats.">fats</a> shall overflow with wine and oil.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 26: 3 (3-14); 2 Ne. 1: 20.">restore</a> to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
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And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 6: 13 (7, 13); 3 Ne. 22: 4.">ashamed</a>.
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And ye shall know that I <i>am</i> in the <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Presence of.">midst</a> of Israel, and <i>that</i> I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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&#182; And it shall come to pass afterward, <i>that</i> I will <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/28a" mark="a" type="C" title="JS-H 1: 41; TG Dispensations; TG Restoration of the Gospel.">pour</a> out my <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Spirit of; TG Millennium, Preparing a People for.">spirit</a> upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/28c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Gifts of.">prophesy</a>, your <sup>d</sup><a href="joel/2/28d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> men shall <sup>e</sup><a href="joel/2/28e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Dreams.">dream</a> dreams, your young men shall see <sup>f</sup><a href="joel/2/28f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Visions.">visions</a>:
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And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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And I will shew <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/30a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 45: 40; TG Last Days.">wonders</a> in the <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Astronomy; TG Heaven.">heavens</a> and in the earth, blood, and <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/30c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG World, End of.">fire</a>, and pillars of smoke.
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 6: 12.">blood</a>, before the great and the terrible <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/31b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Day of the Lord.">day</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> come.
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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whosoever shall <sup>a</sup><a href="joel/2/32a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 93: 1; D&C 100: 17; TG Prayer.">call</a> on the name of <sup>b</sup><a href="joel/2/32b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB Jehovah.">the</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> shall be <sup>c</sup><a href="joel/2/32c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Savior; TG Salvation.">delivered</a>: for in <sup>d</sup><a href="joel/2/32d" mark="d" type="A" title="D&C 76: 66.">mount</a> <sup>e</sup><a href="joel/2/32e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a> and in <sup>f</sup><a href="joel/2/32f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Jerusalem.">Jerusalem</a> shall be <sup>g</sup><a href="joel/2/32g" mark="g" type="A" title="Obad. 1: 17 (15-17).">deliverance</a>, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath said, and in the <sup>h</sup><a href="joel/2/32h" mark="h" type="B" title="TG Israel, Remnant of.">remnant</a> whom the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall <sup>i</sup><a href="joel/2/32i" mark="i" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">call</a>.
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